(a) The Village shall establish a schedule of user fees for individuals who use the emergency medical services (EMS) of the Village, which are financed from taxes paid on real property within the Village.
(b) A distinction shall be made between residents and nonresidents of the Village in the assessment of said user fees, in an attempt to assess a fee for nonresidents that more fairly reimburses the Village in light of the taxes contributed by the residents for maintenance of the service.
(c) The Village shall, by its Village Board, adopt this section which may be amended from time to time by action of the Village Board.
(d) EMS fees shall be as follows:
Base Rate | Fee |
Base Rate | Fee |
BLS, residents | $1,000.00 |
BLS, nonresidents | 1,250.00 |
ALS, residents | 1,000.00 |
ALS, nonresidents | 1,250.00 |
ALS2, residents | 1,000.00 |
ALS2, nonresidents | 1,250.00 |
Mileage (per mile) | 15.00 |
Supplies | Fee |
Oxygen | $40.00 |
Telemetry | 70.00 |
IV Monitoring | 45.00 |
(e) The following charge is imposed on the owner of any vehicle in the Village which is involved in an auto accident requiring the attention of the Fire Department:
Motor Vehicle Incidents
| Fee |
Level 1 | $506.00 |
Level 2 | $576.00 |
Level 3 – Car Fire | $704.00 |
Add-On Services | |
Extrication | $1,520.00 |
Creating a Landing Zone | $465.00 |
Itemized Response: | |
(f) The following hazardous material (HazMat) clean-up charge is imposed for incidents within the Village:
(1) Hazardous material” or “hazmat” means any material that poses an unreasonable risk to the health and safety of the public, environment or emergency personnel, if not properly controlled during handling, storage, manufacture, processing, packaging, use, disposal or transportation, and shall include but not be limited to: explosives, pyrotechnics, flammable gas, flammable compressed gas, nonflammable compressed gas, flammable liquid, combustible liquid, oxidizing material, poisonous gases, poisonous liquid, poisonous solid, irritating material, etiological material, radioactive material, corrosive material or liquefied petroleum gas.
(2) Level 1 - $816.00.
Basic Response: Claim will include engine response, first responder assignment, perimeter establishment, evacuations, set-up and command.
(3) Level 2 - $2,913.00.
Intermediate Response: Claim will include engine response, first responder assignment, hazmat certified team and appropriate equipment, perimeter establishment, evacuations, set-up and command, Level A or B suit donning, breathing air and detection equipment. Set-up and removal of decon center.
(4) Level 3 - $6,875.00.
Advanced Response: Claim will include engine response, first responder assignment, hazmat certified team and appropriate equipment, perimeter establishment, evacuations, first responder set-up and command, Level A or B suit donning, breathing air and detection equipment and robot deployment. Set-up and removal of decon center, detection equipment, recovery and identification of material. Disposal and environment clean up. Includes above in addition to any disposal rates of material and contaminated equipment and material used at scene. Includes three hours of on scene time - each additional hour at $336.00 per HAZMAT team.
(g) The following water incidents charge is imposed for incidents within the Village:
Water Incidents
| Fee
|
Level 1 Basic Response | $466 plus $58 per hour, per rescue person |
Level 2 Intermediate Response | $932 plus $58 per hour, per rescue person |
Level 3 Advanced Response | $2,3304 plus $58 per hour per rescue person, plus $117 per hour per HAZMAT team member |
Level 4 Itemized Response: |
(h) The following fire related incidents charge is imposed for incidents within the Village:
Incident
| Fee
|
Fire Investigation | |
Fire Investigation Team | $321.00 per hour |
Fires | |
Assignment | $466.00 per hour, per engine |
$582.00 per hour, per truck | |
(i) The following rescue related incidents charge is imposed for incidents within the Village:
Special Rescue
| Fee
|
Itemized Response: | |
Minimum billed | $466 for the first response vehicle plus $58 per rescue person |
Additional rates | $466 per hour per response vehicle and $58 per hour per rescue person |
Chief Response | $291 per hour |
(j) The following miscellaneous / additional on scene time will be charged as needed on all above incidents within divisions (e) through (i) of this section:
Miscellaneous / Additional Time On-Scene
| Fee
|
Additional Time On-Scene (for all levels of service) | |
Engine | $466 per hour |
Truck | $582 per hour |
Miscellaneous equipment | $350 |
(k) The Village Manager and Fire Chief are authorized and directed to prepare and make available implementing narrative regulations explaining the scope of services provided for each billing category.
(Ord. 1033. Passed 3-13-00; Ord. 1118. Passed 10-28-02; Ord. 1141. Passed 5-28-03; Ord. 1180. Passed 4-26-04; Ord. 1574. Passed 4-28-14; Ord. 1693. Passed 5-13-19; Ord. 1749. Passed 3-8-21; Ord. 1804. Passed 1-23-23.)